Yes, on the shifter. You could lock it into neutral so it could be started and warmed up, or else lock it into gear so it could not be started. This was either an installation instruction or else a low priority modification, and was not done to all the trucks.
We used to have some fancy contraptions for the 5/4 ton that locked over top of the ignition on the column. It both blocked the use of the key (all 5/4 tons were keyed alike from the factory) as well as blocked the shifter.
The iltis of course had that goofy master key just above the toeboard. Can't count the number of times I had to jam my pen into that hole to get the truck into the shop. There was a later modification to make a bracket which prevented removal of the master key yet allowed it to be turned off.
Here in Manitoba, and especially Winnipeg, it had become a sport to steal (civilian) vehicles and go for joyrides. With the catch and release program the Wpg police seemed to have with the youth in the North end of that city, there was very little incentive to give up the sport. Eventually, the youth took to running over joggers, running into towtrucks, and enjoying the high speed chases. It got to the point that the police were actually shooting at the windows of the cars. (Very unsportsmanlike). As a result of all this, the Manitoba Public insurance (MPI) made it a requirement to install immobilizers (at their cost) into all vehicles which did not have such a system from the factory. The millions spent seem to have worked to some degree and has reduced the occurrences. As well, MPI go back to court every ten years to re-instate the financial restitution orders against the offending youth, thus ensuring their perpetual poverty. Mind you, the supreme court of Canada recently ruled that the area now known as the city of Winnipeg may well belong to the Natives, so perhaps these youth were merely excersizing their ownership rights over the "european" trespassers.
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